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Several years ago I worked with someone who really felt he was happy at his job. Was he? I don’t know. He never mentioned not liking where we worked, but at the same time he never gave himself the opportunity to find something new. Each time a recruiter called about new employment opportunities, he blew them off and actively convinced them to not call again. Is this a problem? Outside of possibly…

Things you Should do with Strings While You’re Coworkers are on Holiday and No One is Checking the Production Code Branch

In a non infrequent basis, interviewers ask the question, “What is a string?” and they are looking for a quick answer similar to, “It is an immutable reference type.” This normally, sparks follow up questions such as, “explain what immutable means in this scenario,” or “so are there any examples where you can change a string?” The most common answers is, “No,” and with good reason. Adding two…

Within the last couple of days Microsoft released a proposed update for the next major release of C# version 8.  Over the past several years, there has been a large debate on the existence and use of null in software development.  Allowing null has been heralded as the billion dollar mistake by the null reference inventor, Sir Tony Hare. With this, Microsoft has decided to help the C# community…

On a semi regular basis, people question why I choose to use F# to implement projects. They question why use a lesser known language when one like C# has a larger developer pool and is more widely documented. I explain to them my rational behind it, siting personal experience, and documented cases about others success stories as well. There is significant evidence showing functional languages can…

I have uploaded my notes from my presentation on Regular Expressions.  Currently, I am flushing out my presentation notes into a more readable format in the readme file, but I have uploaded everything now in case you want to get the raw notes early.  They can be found at: https://github.com/kemiller2002/RegexBlackMagic/

A Stroll Around C# 7 Remote Viewing

If you would like to attend my talk on C# 7, and you can’t attend or don’t happen to live in Indianapolis, you can watch remotely at 11:30 EDT Thursday July 20th.

http://bit.ly/2uIXPFN

When was the last time you sat down and talked to your team about problems?  What was the last task or procedure you changed because it was a bad fit for the project?  The longer you wait, the worse it gets because the longer a team works together, the less likely someone is going to mention a difficulty or a frustration.  Once people get used a routine that is bearable, they will learn to live…

A Stroll around C# 7

If you want to take a peek at the new C# 7, come stop by the TCC Lunch and Learn on July 20th!  We’ll try and have a remote option too if you can’t make it in person too!

https://www.meetup.com/TCC-Lunch-and-Learns/events/241018879/

With C# 7, Microsoft added the concept of pattern matching by enhancing the switch statement. Compared to functional languages (both pure and impure), this seems to be somewhat lacking in a feature by feature comparison, however it is still nice in allowing a cleaner format of code. With this, there are some interesting quirks, that you should be aware of before using. Nothing they’ve added…